Acronyms and Terms Associate with CMS and PeopleSoft

Network CSU & Other California Universities
and Community Colleges subscribe to

ACES

Automated Communications Exchange System

AGI

Adjust Gross Income

APDB

Academic Planning Database

AW

Administrator Workforce

AWOL

Absence without Leave

AWPPM

Administer Workforce Policies & Procedures
Manual

AY

Academic Year

Baseline

The delivered version of PeopleSoft after CSU
systemwide modifications are made

BATS

Baseline Hardware/Software Access, Training & Support

BB

Base Benefits

BOT

Board of Trustees

BPG

Business Process Guide

BRIO

Brio Portal

BT

Budget Transfer

BU

Business Unit

C99

Confidential Class

CBID

Collective Bargaining (Unit) Identification

CC

Campus Community

CIRS

Campus Information Retrieval System

CMS

Common Management System

CO

CSU Office of the Chancellor

COA

Chart of Accounts

COBRA

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
of 1985 – requires employers with more than 20 employees and their insurance
companies to provide covered employees the opportunity to extend health insurance
benefits when coverage is lost due to various “qualifying events” (including
separation)